what is the value for tmpdir parameter in you my.cnf. regards anandkl
On 8/26/08, Jerry Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Awhile back I was having trouble with an INSERT ... SELECT taking up an > enormous amount of temporary file space. I've narrowed down, in fact > eliminated, my problem by making a minor change. Here is my original INSERT > command: > > > INSERT INTO consolidated_customer_data > SELECT > customers.customer_id, > account.account_name, > customers.email, > customers.email_status, > customers.dm_status, > customers.status, > customers.last_name, > customers.first_name, > customers.sal, > customers.company, > customers.address_1, > customers.address_2, > customers.address_3, > customers.country, > customers.zip, > customers.input_source, > customers.interest_category, > customers.interest_subcategory, > CONCAT("|", GROUP_CONCAT(giiexpr_db.topic.topic_code SEPARATOR "|"), > "|") > AS topic_list, > stage.stage_name > FROM > customers > JOIN account ON account.account_id = customers.account_id > JOIN stage ON customers.stage_id = stage.stage_id > LEFT JOIN cust_topics ON customers.customer_id = cust_topics.customer_id > LEFT JOIN giiexpr_db.topic ON cust_topics.topic_id = > giiexpr_db.topic.topic_id > GROUP BY customers.customer_id; > > When I removed the field `stage_name` from both the query and the > `consolidated_customer_data` table, the operation stopped using temporary > files altogether! I'm at a loss as to why, other than that I must have hit > some threshold. If anyone can tell me what I need to change in my > configuration, I'd appreciate it. > > The `stage` table is very small, it has only 9 rows. > > CREATE TABLE `stage` ( > `stage_id` int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment, > `stage_name` varchar(15) default NULL, > PRIMARY KEY (`stage_id`) > ) ENGINE=MyISAM AUTO_INCREMENT=10 DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 > > I can supply the structures of the other tables, but I wanted to keep this > post reasonably short. > > Regards, > > Jerry Schwartz > The Infoshop by Global Information Incorporated > 195 Farmington Ave. > Farmington, CT 06032 > > 860.674.8796 / FAX: 860.674.8341 > > www.the-infoshop.com > www.giiexpress.com > www.etudes-marche.com > > > > > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >